Surgical basin.



M. WOLF.

SURGICAL BASIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1917.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918i MELANIE WOLF, or new roan, n. r.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELANIE WOLF, a

- citizen of the United States'residing at New York, in the'county of New vYorkland State Specification of Letters Patent.

streetcar. mm.

Patented Jan 15, 11918.

Application filed April 14, 1917. Serial No. 162,067.

vantage, as it is adjusted to a position where needed, for instance, closely beneath the patients lips if the basin is used as spittoon, instead of requiring him to adapt himself of New York, have invented new and useful to the position of the spittoon, which latter to Improvements in Surgical Basins, of which in a majority of cases is placed at an inconthe following is'aspecification'. venient distance from the patients lips, re The present invention pertains to basinsv quiring change of position on the part of and expectorati ng trays which maybe used the patient or person using it. J10. independently or in connection .with the My device is also, greatly useful for young 65 ordinary dental or medical cuspidor or in children' who-usually touch the dental or connection with an ordinary Waste rfecepmedical cuspidor they use with their hands, tacle' or drain pipe, or a receptacle or drain and frequently touch or almost touch it pipe on a medical examining or operating with their mouths when expectorating, thus table or the like. I exposing themselves to contagion if diseased 70 'Any person sitting ina dental or medical matter adheres to the ordinary cuspidor. chair, especially a stout o'r feeble person, lVhen using my device, a'clean expectorat will have noticed how inconvenient, eming basin could be easily slipped in position, barrassing and sometimes almost impossible if desired, the expectorating basin adjusted it is to bend sidewise or forward and exto the height and requirements of the re-7a, pectorate into the pre-arranged medical or 'spective patient, and the entire device be i dental cuspidor used at present. made ready for use in a few moments. The same is also particularly true of per- Another great advantage of the surgical sons just recovering from the eflects of an basin described in the following, is the fact anesthetic or similar effects, who are unable that it "can be easily detached, cleaned and do to movevfreely and are compelled'to mainsterilized, or made of a suitable material tain' the position they happen to be in; as, for instance, waxed paper or papier' therefore itwill be of'great advantage to mach, intended-to be destroyed. with the be able to adapt the position of the expeccontents after being used once, as in cases so torating tray or basin to the ever-varying of syphilis or other communicable disease. as needs of the respective patient. In the preferred arrangement which is- My device may also be used to great adillustrated in the accompanying drawings, vantage when making operations on the similar figures denote corresponding parts. I mouth, nose, face, eyes, neck or other opera- Figures I and II are general views of my tions on any part of the body, in which let device, the adjustable basin being-attached 90 ter case it may be used as a basin tocollect in two different manners; .Fig. 111 shows in various material, also when syringing detail the method of attaching the gooseneck wounds in the mouth, nose, face, or any carrying the basin to the head-rest of a denother part of the body, all material and tal chair; Fig. IV shows a method of sus- 40: liquid is thus easily collected and carried pending the adjustable basin so that it can 95 I away, saving the patient from inconvenient v be easily disengaged, it also shows one posture and his clothingfrom being wetted method of attaching the lower end of the or soiled. v i drain tube in thebowl'of the dental or medi- For dental purposes'my device is adapted .cal cuspidor' now in use; Fig. V'shows in can) be very; useful when syringingthe mouth detailv another method of attaching the 10b for cleaning purposes or when "syringing it lower end of the drain tube in the bowl of While taking wax, modeling compound or the (cfuspidor; Fig. VI shows the method of other impressions, when. ;making tooth exattaching my device to an adjustable head .tractions or'othe'r operations, when 'syringrest fastened to the back of an ordinary to ing wounds,- affections or lesions /zinfthe gc haing Fig. VIIshoWs theadjustablebasin lldi mouth, antrum, nose, faife,j;head, neok o/r ,having'its drain tu etemporarily closed, the like, or teeth or cavities ofjeeth, also Figsl and H represent ggeneral view of I for'person's just recovering iron} the effects my ,inventlon, the device being attached to *efan anesthetic or faint-#51 aid these cases adentalfchair, i 1 r l 55 the surgical basin will prove er great ad- ,1 inFig; [Irepresents theexpectorating11o tray or basin, kidney-shaped, so that one side of the basin accommodates itself to the shape of the patients neck, in order to "enable him to expectorate into the basin WllLhOlliJ changing the position of the head,

and without getting his clothing wetted or soiled. The basin is provided with an outlet 2 to which the flexible drain tube 3 is either permanently or removably attached.

xdental or medical cuspidor to which preferably removably, attached. This tube Outlet 2 may be omitted, putting the drain tube 3 out of commission, if desired.

- 4 is a flexible gooseneek, adapted to maintaintemporarily its position to which it is bent or adjusted, supporting basin 1 which is removably attached to it, and fastened to the upright 5 of the 'headrest of the dental chair by means of the clamp 7 which may be as shown in detail in Fig. III. From the basin 1 a flexible tube 3 leads to the bowl 8 of the dental cuspidor, which tube is adapted to drain, oif expeetorated or other waste matter from the basin -1 into the ordinary dental cuspidor.

The supporting device 9 of the goeseneclt 4 holding the basin 1 in position, may'be 10 may be supported by some convenient sup'p'o 't, as 11, to steady the same if considered necessary.

The suspension'fdevice', shown in Fig. IV,

.9, consists of a, curved strip of metal which is attached to gooseneck 4, having a square a projection 13 of basin 1, and a slot 14 ,onthe other end of -said strip intoawhich opening 12 on one end into which is slipped is slipped projection 15 of basin 1 able arm or any support or stand, and that said gooseneck arm or other suitable support I'am.aware ofthe fact that the gooseneck arm can, be replaced byany-other adjust- 1 can be attachedto any other part of the ject.v

- chair, or to any part of an invalid chair, bed,

table or spittoon or other convenient ob- The basin 1 can also be supported from the floor, walls or ceiling, the main purpose being that it is capable of being adapted to be adjusted and supported near patients lips orxotherpart of the body wlfere needed, withoutfiequiring the patient or person using it to change his position.

16, Fig. 'IV is asieve-like arrangement'or trap, which'may beof various shape and use.

removable, situated at the junction of basin 17 is a hollow plug or metal ferrule forming the lower art of drain tube 3, designed to fit into the short tube or guide 18 which is adjusted to the inner part of the bowl of i the dental or medical cuspidor bymeans gt a suitable support 19, as shown-1n Figi I or to a metal rim 20, F ig V, whichis designed to fit over the rimofthe'bowl 8 of the dental or medical cuspidon. collar 28 which preventsjlt. from slipping too far into guide 18.- 7

It is obvious that tlie lower end of the drain tube 3 ofthezadjustable basin can also be attached'to any other part of the cuspidor, waste receptacle or any waste or drain pipe, or it.m'ay rest detached in any waste receptacle, spittoon or drain pipe.

v The lower. end of the drain tube 3 can also be arranged in av manner so that the 'outlet of the same is held in position bya suitable attachment within the bowl of the ordinary dental or medical cuspidor, just above the latters outlet or trap.

l7 has a- 22, Figs. I, II and IV is a set-screw, de-

signed to clamp or fasten basin -1 to drain tube 3. 23, Fig. I is a suitable support attached to the dental or medical cuspidor and designed to support basin 1 when not in use. This support is shown as a fork-like arrangement but may be of any suitable shape and may be attached to anydesired object, or to the floor, wall or the like.

It will be noted that by means of this arrangement the basin or bowLof my device, which basin may be of various shape to suit the particular case on hand, can be easily ad usted to the respective position or needs of the patient or person using it, without changing his position, or it may be used for syringing or similar purposes,'for medical operations or the like, the expectorated or other matter draining off through tube 3 into the bowl 8 of the dental or medical cuspidor or other receptacle or drain pipe, any matter that is apt to clog the tube 3 is held back'by the trap 16, and the basin can be easily detached and exchanged .by lifting it from support'9 for cleaning or other urposes and by loosenin set-screw 22. If desired, a water flush or ushing device can be used in the basin.

After cleansing the basin may be placed out of the way on support 23 for future Also the drain tube may be readily and easily detached from guide 18 for cleansing or other purposes by drawing out plug 17 whenever desired.

The gooseneck 4 may also be designed to be attached to-any detachable head-rest 24, as shown in Fig. VI, which is used on medithe lower end of drain tube 3, the same may be permanently closed at the lower end or merely temporarily, by means of screw cap 26, as shown in Fig. VII. The basin shown in ,Fig. VII has a projection on either side designed to engage part 9, and thus is is able or being easily slipped in position, w en needed.

If this device is used, I prefer to have the basin and tubing made of any very light material as, for instance, aluminum, cellu,

loid, apier inach or waxed paper, or thin fiexib e rubber. If the material is flexible as, for instance, when soft rubber is used, the lower end of tube 3 can be easily closed water-tight by means of a suitable clamp or any other suitable device, or it can be rolled up, kinked or the like. For cleaning purposes the entire basin and tubing could easily be inverted after detaching the basin 25 and removing the clamp.

llhe drain tube 3 can be permanently closed, and this arrangement would be suitable if it is intended to destroythe basin,

tube and contents as soon as the former is used, as III. cases of contagious or commun1- cable diseases. In this case the device could be conveniently manufactured of waxed paper or papier mach on account of its adaptability and nominal cost of manufacture.

ters Patent is:

1. An attachment for dental or medical cuspidors, consisting of an auxiliary spittoon or medical basin provided with an outlet, a flexible drain-tube connected to saidoutlet, the dental or medical vided wlth an adjustable rim which provides cuspidor proan opening, the lower end of the drain-tube being adjusted or connected to said opening, whereby the auxiliary basin may be adjusted in any position desired.

2, An attachment for dental or medical cuspidors, coizisisting of an auxiliary spittoon or medical basin provided with an outlet, a flexible goose-neck drain-tube connected to the outlet of said auxiliary spit toon or basin and supporting the same, the dental or medical cuspidor provided with an adjustable rim which provides an opening, the lower end of the drain-tube being adjusted or connected to said opening, whereby the auxiliary spittoon orbasin may be adjusted in any position desired.

3. In combination witha dental or medical cuspidor and chair, an auxiliary spittoon or medical basin, with means for fastening the same to the chair, the auxiliary I snittoon or'basin rovided with an outlet a flexible drain-tube connected to the outlet of said auxiliary spittoon or basin, the dental. or medical cuspidor provided with an ad justable rim which provides an opening, the lower end of the drain-tube being adjusted or connected to said opening, whereby the auxiliary spittoon or basin may be adjusted in any position desired.

4:. An attachment for dental or medical cuspidors, consisting of an auxiliary spittoon or medical basin provided with an outlet, a flexible drain tube connected to said outlet, the dental or medical cuspidor provided with an adjustable arm which is provided with an opening or attachment for engaging the lower end of the drain-tube, said lower end of the drain-tube being adjusted to or connected to said opening or attachment, whereby the auxiliary spittoon or basin may be adjusted in any position desired.

. MELANIE WOLF. Witnesses:

FELIX VVOLF, CnAnL-orra WOLF. 

